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Poster:
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N Hoey |
Date:
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Oct 12, 2014 3:47pm |
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Forum:
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GratefulDead
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Subject:
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Re: New 1971 Show Surfaces |
One picture clearly shows Jerry placing what is his first custom custom guitar. It's a near certainty that this was his first time playing it onstage as this was the first show after NYE and a 3 week break.
From a "Guitar Aficionado" article by Chris Gill:
The first attempt to satisfy Garcia’s wishes was a guitar made by Rick Turner of Alembic, which at the time provided the Dead with sound reinforcement, recording, and instrument support. During the late Sixties, Turner built a guitar featuring a neck from an early Sixties Gibson Les Paul/SG Custom, his own mahogany and walnut body design (similar to that of Turner’s later Model 1 guitar, sans cutaway), three pickups, and custom two-channel/stereo wiring. Garcia played Turner’s guitar for only a few months before switching to Alligator, but from that point onward, his preference for customized guitars never faded away. - See more at:
http://www.guitaraficionado.com/how-jerry-garcia-revolutionized-the-custom-guitar-industry-in-his-pursuit-of-excellence.html#sthash.ZWylhup1.dpuf
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